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The image of a footer in a SIC report went viral on social media because It says that the General Directorate of Health (DGS) asked to close the car windows when passing through the A28 motorway to avoid contagion by the legionella-causing bacteria, which caused an outbreak in the Póvoa de Varzim and Vila do Conde region.
Behind the footer appears Graça Freitas, general director of Health, at the press conference last Monday, suggesting that the request came from the general director of Health. But, although the oracle is true, the suggestion is from Teresa Leão, researcher at the Public Health Institute of the University of Porto, interviewed by SIC.
Dr. Teresa Leão, who deserves all the respect, does not even work for DGS. She is a researcher at the University of Porto, and her advice is valid, but the same cannot be attributed to DGS.
– You Portugal (@VOSTPT) November 10, 2020
According to Jornal de Notícias this Tuesday, those affected by the legionella outbreak -which has already reached 56 people and caused the death of six- “live in the area or circulate on the A28.” In the SIC game on this topic, Teresa Leão suggested closing the windows when passing through this region – Statements that have since been eliminated from the report: “Driving with closed windows can also be a good alternative,” said the expert.
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further Graça Freitas’ statements about the legionella outbreak, as well as the footnote in question, were removed from the play. At the press conference on Monday, the general director of health confirmed that all the patients “belong to the same focus as Póvoa de Varzim and Vila do Conde” and clarified that the bacteria “pass through environmental sources and through inhalation.” .
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At no time did Graça Freitas give the suggestion attributed to DGS in the sentence in question. In a publication posted on Facebook this Tuesday, the DGS clarified precisely that “an image circulates with a statement erroneously attributed to the general director of health”: “This statement was never made by Dr. Graça Freitas,” the statement concludes. .
It is not true that the DGS, in the person of Graça Freitas, asked citizens to close the windows of their cars when passing through the A28 motorway to avoid getting the legionella bacteria. The suggestion came from Teresa Leão, a researcher at the University of Porto, in an interview with SIC.
The report in which the wrong footer appears has been rectified by the television channel: the incorrect attribution to Graça Freitas, the declarations of the Director General of Health about the legionella outbreak at the press conference on Monday and Teresa Leão’s suggestion was withdrawn from the work.
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